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Sleeper clip (diet and tobacco)

154K views · Apr 23, 2011 · 4:10 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2024

A short clip from Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper in which a man who wakes up in the future is told that health foods are unhealthy and tobacco is good for you.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN posts it as a joke in threads about shifting nutrition and health science advice.

What Hacker News said 3

JokedelbelMar 2018

“Who knew the movie Sleeper had it right, keto diet and tabacco.”

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Smoking cigarettes would do it. Nicotine + Oxygen right? Who knew the movie Sleeper had it right, keto diet and tabacco. this video

in “Nicotinamide riboside effects on aging similar to caloric restriction” · view on HN
JokeNeedMoreTeaSep 2019

“He wakes up hundreds of years in the future, and starts asking for health foods.”

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Sleeper. He wakes up hundreds of years in the future, and starts asking for health foods. From the early 70s. this video

in “New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat” · view on HN
JokealamortsubiteJun 2024

“You'll probably enjoy this clip from the Woody Allen movie Sleeper”

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You'll probably enjoy this clip from the Woody Allen movie Sleeper, where his character is revived 200 years in the future after being cryogenically frozen in 1973. Just watch the first minute or so. this video

in “The flip-flop on whether alcohol is good for you (2023)” · view on HN